Area Sports Headlines

The Minnesota College Athletic Conference has released their 2013 All-Division Football Teams for the season.

The Minnesota West Bluejays finished the season with a 6-3 record and had 4 players earn First Team All-Division this season in sophomore running back Reuben Linton II, sophomore linebacker Matt Shively, sophomore linebacker Cha'Ron Thompson and sophomore linebacker Dylan Hart.

Augustana sophomore Casey Schilling was named the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week the league office announced on Monday.

Schilling, a native of Ellsworth, Minn., started off the season strong averaging 18 points, 11 rebounds, four blocks and three steals over the weekend. Schilling finished the weekend shooting 52 percent (12 of 23) from the field and 62 percent (11 of 17) from the free throw line.

Schilling had a monster game against Central Missouri on Sunday putting up career-highs in points (20), rebounds (13) and steals (5)....

The Minnesota College Athletic Conference has released their All-Division and All-State Volleyball teams for the 2013 season and Minnesota West Libero Maddie Rasche has been named to the 2nd team All-Southern Division team.

Rasche, a sophomore from Heron Lake, led Minnesota West with 4.16 digs per game, which put her 6th in the Southern Division.

Minnesota West finished the season with a 6-12 overall record and was 5-9 in Southern Division play.

Minnesota West sophomore Libero Maddie Rasche has been named the Minnesota College Athletic Conference's Southern Division Libero of the Week.

Rasche, a sophomore from Heron Lake, had 10 digs in the Lady Jays 3-0 home victory over Western Technical College. For the season, Rasche ranks 6th in the Southern Division in digs per game, averaging 4.3 digs per game this season.

The Minnesota West Lady Jays are 6-9 overall and 5-6 in the Southern Division as Minnesota West will be on the road to Willmar on Wednesday to face the Ridgewater Warriors. Then back on the road on...

Playoff seedings have been released for a number of area football teams.

In Section 3AAA
The Worthington Trojans are the #5 seed and will travel to Blue Earth on Tuesday (10/22) to face the #4 seed Blue Earth Area Buccaneers at 7:00pm. The winner of that game will travel to #1 Belle Plaine in a Section semifinal on Saturday, October 26th. Belle Plaine has a first-round bye. Fairmont is the #2 seed and has a first-round bye. Fairmont will host the winner of the first-round game between #3 St. Peter and #6 Sibley East on Saturday, October 26th. The Section title game will...

2 Minnesota West Bluejay Football Players have earned Player of the Week honors from the Minnesota College Athletic Conference.

Reuben Linton II has once again been named the MCAC’s Southern Division Offensive Player of the Week, the 3rd time he has earned that honor this season. Linton rushed for 138 yards on 13 carries and scored 3 touchdowns in the Bluejays 27-7 win over MSCTC-Fergus Falls on Saturday. Linton, a sophomore from San Antonio, Texas, has rushed for 800 yards this season on just 95 carries for an average of 8.4 yards per carry and leads all of the Minnesota College...

The Minnesota College Athletic Conference has released their weekly football awards and this week two Minnesota Bluejay Football players have earned Player of the Week honors.

Minnesota West Inside Linebacker Matt Shively has been named Co-Defensive Player of the Week in the Southern Division. Shively, a sophomore from Oakdale (MN), had 15 tackles, including 2 quarterback sacks with a forced fumble and fumble recovery in the Bluejays 26-6 home victory over Ridgewater on Saturday. Matt Shively has 61 tackles through 5 games this season.